Graphic Arts Technique Manuals
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Process Color Manual: 24,000 Cmyk Combinations for Design, Prepress, and Printing
by Michael Rogondino  Synopsis Today graphic design is done almost exclusively on screen, where colors look different than when they are printed. To help designers and the people who work with them address this critical disparity, authors Michael and Pat Rogondino have completely...
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The Little Book of Layouts: Good Designs and Why They Work
by David Carter Publisher Comments For graphics students as well as professional designers looking for a new idea....
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The Big Book of Color in Design
by David Carter Publisher Comments Now available in paperback, The Big Book of Color in Design focuses on color as a tool to create moods and symbolic images.The book is categorized into 30 different sections, such as “classy,” “hot,” “regal,” or “...
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Non-Designer's Design Book: Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice
by Robin Williams Synopsis Robin Williams Wrote this one "for all the people who now need to design pages, but who have no background or formal training in design". Follow the basic principles clearly explained in this book and your work is guaranteed to look more professional...
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The Book of Signs
by Rudolf Koch Publisher Comments Famed German type designer renders 493 symbols: religious, alchemical, imperial, runes, property marks, etc. Timeless....
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Design Basics Index (04 Edition)
by Jim Krause Synopsis This book starts readers out with a look at the basic building blocks of design and takes them through the process of putting those elements together to create head-turning work. It's a desk reference no designer should be without!...
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Ready-To-Use Art Deco Small Frames and Borders
by Ted Menten Publisher Comments 301 versatile decorative motifs in highly popular style. Squares, rectangles, ovals, numerous geometric shapes....
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A Guide to Graphic Print Production
by Kaj Johansson Publisher Comments An introductory textbook covering all aspects of print production and manufacturing. The printed page is still the most common product of graphic design work, making it essential that designers and illustrators understand the production and printing...
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Principles of Color Design
by Wucius Wong Publisher Comments A complete revision of what is considered the classic introduction to color for all graphic designers and artists. This book provides a solid foundation for the development of personal color sense, and a practical examination of the myriad effects that...
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The 7 Essentials of Graphic Design
by Allison Goodman Synopsis This title reduces the complexities of 2001 design work into seven basic elements: research, typography, contrast, layout, grid systems, identity design, and critique and analysis. Topics are explained through an analysis of good and bad examples...
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The Designer's Lexicon: The Illustrated Dictionary of Design, Printing, and Computer Terms
by Alastair Campbell 
Powells.com Staff Pick Finally! A comprehensive illustrated dictionary of design, printing and computer terms. Put it on the shelf next to your dictionary and thesaurus. Buy it as a gift for a budding designer or use it to sling internet lingo with the best of them. Very...
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The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations
by Leslie Cabarga
Powells.com Staff Pick This unique resource for creatives contains over 500 color combinations inspired by actual work (flooring, posters, packaging) designed over the past century by artists who really understood color theory. The book is broken up into sections of...
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American Folk Art Designs CD-ROM and Book (Electronic Clip Art)
by Joseph D'addetta Publisher Comments This national treasury of graceful, royalty-free motifs — originally created between 1710 and 1910 — offers ready-to-use graphics of flowers, fruits, border designs, geometrics, Revolutionary War soldiers, animals, birds, and more. The 172...
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Handbook of Ornament
by Franz Sales Meyer Publisher Comments This excellent collection of historic decorative ornament contains over 3,000 examples ranging from the cultures of the Greeks and Romans through the Victorians. Among the many different kinds of objects depicted are fine line drawings of chairs, thrones,...
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The Elements of Graphic Design: Space, Unity, Page Architecture, and Type
by Alex White Synopsis This manual seeks to reveal the secrets of successful graphic design from the perspective of the page's "white space". Using examples from art, design and architecture, it explores the role of white space as a connection between page elements, and...
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Creative Sparks: An Index of 150+ Concepts, Images and Exercises to Ignite Your Design Ingenuity
by Jim Krause Publisher Comments This book, a playful collection of rock-solid advice, thought-provoking concepts, suggestions and exercises, is sure to stimulate the creative, innovative thinking that designers need to do their jobs well. It will encourage readers to find inspiration...
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Making a Good Layout
by Lori Siebert Synopsis A practical, hands-on approach to the basic elements and principles of good design and layout -- perfect for beginning designers....
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The Graphic Designer's Digital Toolkit
by Allan B. Wood Publisher Comments Being a successful graphic designer today requires more than knowing the essential features of industry-standard software applications. It also requires an understanding of how to integrate these programs into a seamless whole while producing work that...
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3200 Old-Time Cuts and Ornaments (Dover Pictorial Archives)
by Blanche Cirker Publisher Comments Royalty-free illustrations from 1909 French typography foundry catalog: more than 100 plates, over 3,200 pictures and motifs, including fruits, flowers, plants, and trees; animals; stray eyes and ears; playing cards; angels, saints, and religious motifs;...
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Idea Index: Graphic Effects and Typographic Treatments
by Jim Krause Publisher Comments The ultimate compendium of graphic and typographic idea generators for designers, illustrators, art directors, students and creative professionals....
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